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i think that the people we elect are better than that. there'll always be some people that let you down. to tell you how important we are, my daughter told me about a conversation he had -- she had. the person said, tell me, what are you doing here? she said, my mother is speaking. she and susan ford will be speaking tomorrow. they are going to be about life in the white house. uh-huh. lucinda went on to say, my grandfather was president lyndon johnson. the person said, what did he do? what did this teaches you -- .> susan, your father's legacy he has been vindicated on so many fronts. what are the specifics that you think history has not yet given him enough credit for? the ways his influence has echoed? it might be legislation or the strength of the example he set. >> talk about your mother. >> you could talk about betty ford. >> she was his soulmate for 50 years. it is one of those things that kind of gets lost in the shuffle. the berlin wall -- not a lot of people credit the berlin wall coming down. that is one of them. i think he got
i think that the people we elect are better than that. there'll always be some people that let you down. to tell you how important we are, my daughter told me about a conversation he had -- she had. the person said, tell me, what are you doing here? she said, my mother is speaking. she and susan ford will be speaking tomorrow. they are going to be about life in the white house. uh-huh. lucinda went on to say, my grandfather was president lyndon johnson. the person said, what did he do? what did...
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the election is over. our governor got reelected here in missouri. the republicans and the speaker of the house all campaign that they could not work with governor nixon and, but the condition of the state tells a different. he has done a lot for this state. springfield in particular is doing very well. there's a county just below that is 5% unemployment. dallas county where i live, it's pretty high. a lot of people moving out of buffalo, out of the county. they have debunked that. i heard something on the newshour, pbs, that was interesting. it was just a statement, but the mormons and the muslims are teaming up to work for charity. i hope that's true. now the election is over. evidently, enough republicans like obama that he's back in there. as far as lindsey graham, i don't know why the tea party is trying to get rid of him. he bashes obama constantly. i have two tv sets on to watch them. the election is over. if you have got a problem, get to your representative or senator and ask him to do the busines
the election is over. our governor got reelected here in missouri. the republicans and the speaker of the house all campaign that they could not work with governor nixon and, but the condition of the state tells a different. he has done a lot for this state. springfield in particular is doing very well. there's a county just below that is 5% unemployment. dallas county where i live, it's pretty high. a lot of people moving out of buffalo, out of the county. they have debunked that. i heard...
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he told me he was proud of us. >> we have a very important election coming up in a few days. a few questions about the democratic process. i like to know your thoughts on the democratic process here in america. some people have to live under the role of dictators and elected leaders. -- unelected leaders.>> i just about the number of people in the world today that have an opportunity to vote an exercise that democratic process because young americans were willing to go into harm's way. as i listen to the korean veterans, south korea. i listened to the world war ii veterans in thing of all the people in the world who have the opportunity to exercise that right to vote and elect their leaders. the thing i would say about this great country we call america is world. we absolutely need a strong, responsive, at least from upfront america. if we did not have that, i'm not sure where we would be today. your responsibility is beyond my ability to express. what you represent not only to your country but to the people of the world. i am really honored to have a chance to have served th
he told me he was proud of us. >> we have a very important election coming up in a few days. a few questions about the democratic process. i like to know your thoughts on the democratic process here in america. some people have to live under the role of dictators and elected leaders. -- unelected leaders.>> i just about the number of people in the world today that have an opportunity to vote an exercise that democratic process because young americans were willing to go into harm's...
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that is what they are elected for. i just do not think the states would benefit from having grand elections, more spending, more commercials and when the money needs to go directly to the people. we also need to be wary of cutting spending on the platform, cuts in programs of obama's platform. host: do you think the states should use their line of communication of congress or the white house? caller: i think we need to trust the congress and believe that we have elected them to do the state's business and trust them to do it. host: let's go to mike. caller: i think the states already have several budgets to their elected officials. if the governor wants to have a say on the budget, get a hold of their elected officials, their congressman, bring them to the governor's office and laid the lot down to them on what the what the congressman to go back and portray in washington. host: let's hear what marie has to say on the independent line. caller: i think only the blue states should have a say because the blue states contr
that is what they are elected for. i just do not think the states would benefit from having grand elections, more spending, more commercials and when the money needs to go directly to the people. we also need to be wary of cutting spending on the platform, cuts in programs of obama's platform. host: do you think the states should use their line of communication of congress or the white house? caller: i think we need to trust the congress and believe that we have elected them to do the state's...
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>> we just did. >> the republican software crashed on election day. how many engineers did you have working on the campaign? >> dozens of engineers. we have a bunch of guys at the basement of the rnc. the republicans should start with a top to bottom review with what happened in the election. let's understand what the obama campaign did. >> you can watch all that program in its entirety beginning at 8:00 pm here on c- span. william hague said yesterday the uk has given formal opposition to the movement. they promise to be inclusive of the minority groups. address the violence in israel and hamas. this is just over 90 minutes. fairs, secretary william hague. >> mr. speaker, with permission, i will make a statement on gaza, the middle east peace process and syria. the whole house will be united in concern both at the intolerable situation for the residents of southern israel and the grave loss of life and humanitarian in gaza including the particular impact on children. on the 14th of november, the israeli defense forces began air strikein response to a
>> we just did. >> the republican software crashed on election day. how many engineers did you have working on the campaign? >> dozens of engineers. we have a bunch of guys at the basement of the rnc. the republicans should start with a top to bottom review with what happened in the election. let's understand what the obama campaign did. >> you can watch all that program in its entirety beginning at 8:00 pm here on c- span. william hague said yesterday the uk has given...
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is after an election the best time to heed calls? guest: after an election the public has spoken. the public gave president obama a clear victory. congress is divided. the democrats picked up some seats in both places. the public has spoken and it is up to the legislative body and the president to deal with the fiscal cliff and the deficits. there is no better time than after an election. host: you wrote a piece where democrats and republicans agree. you looked at areas where you see agreements. do you see places there are agreement? guest: i think we can reach agreement. the issue of taxes and deficit and spending cuts. you have had bipartisan commission slight simpson-bowles and others. it doesn't take rocket science to reach an agreement to get the deficit down. our system of government was set up to be contentious. we have something called separation of powers. we further complicate the situation because our congress twoo bodies.nto tebet bodie you turn up the brakes if you don't reach consensus. it only takes people a goodwill working together in a bipartisan way to get thing
is after an election the best time to heed calls? guest: after an election the public has spoken. the public gave president obama a clear victory. congress is divided. the democrats picked up some seats in both places. the public has spoken and it is up to the legislative body and the president to deal with the fiscal cliff and the deficits. there is no better time than after an election. host: you wrote a piece where democrats and republicans agree. you looked at areas where you see...
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i would think all of the elected officials would know what to do. guest: i'm not a biblical scholar, but it is not a religious discussion as much as it is a philosophical and moral discussion about what the high income people in the country go to a lesser income people. whether they owe anything. there is a great philosophical debate about what people should contribute to prosperity. there is not a right or wrong answer there. i think grover norquist believes very strongly that higher taxes is a moral wrong, and economic wrong. he has held tightly to the position and has done very well for many years. now there seems to be some softening of the opposition. the binding seems to be coming loose. but it is probably too early to say whether grover norquist's sway over the republican party is over, or if it has been softened by new or republicans kurram we will find out in the coming weeks and months. -- and you were republicans. we will find out in the coming months. host: house members are holding meetings today on the fiscal cliff. alan simpson and er
i would think all of the elected officials would know what to do. guest: i'm not a biblical scholar, but it is not a religious discussion as much as it is a philosophical and moral discussion about what the high income people in the country go to a lesser income people. whether they owe anything. there is a great philosophical debate about what people should contribute to prosperity. there is not a right or wrong answer there. i think grover norquist believes very strongly that higher taxes is...
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the presidential elections are coming. but still as always -- we have to wait to see who he appoints as the point person for the upcoming negotiations. we hope they are upcoming. if he chooses somebody who is of some stature rather than a regular bureaucrat. obviously that means he's more serious. but if he sends back then he probably isn't serious. we can read the tea leaves there. i think the presidential elections really is not that important. what's very important is iran's place in the middle east equation. >> ok. ambassador ekeus, what are your thoughts about the situation in syria, how it affects it? >> it's clear iran expanding -- iran is now -- as it was 5,000, 6,000 years ago when the the empire was struggling. of course iran's influence in syria has grown. it has of course the situation in gaza where delivering missiles to hamas. right now egypt is sort of jumping in. lebanon is still a very strong iranian presence. of course in the gaza, especially [inaudible] under prems pressure from iran. -- under tremendous
the presidential elections are coming. but still as always -- we have to wait to see who he appoints as the point person for the upcoming negotiations. we hope they are upcoming. if he chooses somebody who is of some stature rather than a regular bureaucrat. obviously that means he's more serious. but if he sends back then he probably isn't serious. we can read the tea leaves there. i think the presidential elections really is not that important. what's very important is iran's place in the...
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and we saw the results in the 2012 election. this did not cause president obama the election, it probably helped him. he had a healthy margin of victory of the popular vote. his margin was larger than his larger -- that his margin of victory. there are lots of groups you could say it about, but is also true of lesbian and gay voters. the issue almost certainly helped president obama and did not hurt president obama. the lesson is not lost on the republican party. here are my concluding thoughts. it is a complicated history to were the long road of marriage equality, the beginning is a complicated answer about backlash and the popular analysis of what is going on politically. what i want to conclude with, this has been neglected by the backlash theorists, how the courts have advanced marriage equality. i think there have been three things about what the courts have done. from my point of view, the most important is a fantastically important setting for capabilities. the word marriage in our vocabulary only meant different sects.
and we saw the results in the 2012 election. this did not cause president obama the election, it probably helped him. he had a healthy margin of victory of the popular vote. his margin was larger than his larger -- that his margin of victory. there are lots of groups you could say it about, but is also true of lesbian and gay voters. the issue almost certainly helped president obama and did not hurt president obama. the lesson is not lost on the republican party. here are my concluding...
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and we saw the results in the 2012 election. this did not cause president obama the election, it probably helped him. he had a healthy margin of victory of the popular vote. his margin was larger than his larger -- that his margin of victory. there are lots of groups you could say it about, but is also true of lesbian and gay voters. the issue almost certainly helped president obama and did not hurt president obama. the lesson is not lost on the republican party. here are my concluding thoughts. it is a complicated history to were the long road of marriage equality, the beginning is a complicated answer about backlash and the popular analysis of what is going on politically. what i want to conclude with, this has been neglected by the backlash theorists, how the courts have advanced marriage equality. i think there have been three things about what the courts have done. from my point of view, the most important is a fantastically important setting for capabilities. the word marriage in our vocabulary only meant different sects.
and we saw the results in the 2012 election. this did not cause president obama the election, it probably helped him. he had a healthy margin of victory of the popular vote. his margin was larger than his larger -- that his margin of victory. there are lots of groups you could say it about, but is also true of lesbian and gay voters. the issue almost certainly helped president obama and did not hurt president obama. the lesson is not lost on the republican party. here are my concluding...
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we did just come through an election. and i think one of the things we saw in this election that the issues that face women and children and their families were front and center. and women collectively addressed these issues and began to perk up their ears and to look to see, how am i going to take care of my family? who is watching out for me and my family? and i'm -- i know as you are and my colleagues on this side of the aisle, we are very grateful for the decisions that they made and now we have to make good on the promises that we made to families and they are promises. we have a moral responsibility to address these issues of nutrition and health in this nation. this is not something, when people want to say that there isn't any money to do these efforts let's take a look at other areas where there is money and the enormous subsidies we pay out to various interests and where we provide our tax code which we can use for good purposes but oftentimes may be used for a purpose that's contrary to the well being of this n
we did just come through an election. and i think one of the things we saw in this election that the issues that face women and children and their families were front and center. and women collectively addressed these issues and began to perk up their ears and to look to see, how am i going to take care of my family? who is watching out for me and my family? and i'm -- i know as you are and my colleagues on this side of the aisle, we are very grateful for the decisions that they made and now we...